AMS-I.A
How to get carbon credits for Renewable Energy
A practical walkthrough of what it takes to earn verified carbon credits from renewable energy installations — and where digital evidence makes or breaks the process.
The process
How the credit process flows for renewable energy
01
Register sites and installers
Log every installation site's GPS location, equipment and installer in one register.
02
Capture commissioning evidence
GPS-locked, timestamped photos confirm each installation at the point of commissioning.
03
Log generation readings
Scheduled meter-reading events build a verified generation time series per site.
04
Export for verification
One evidence package ties grid-displacement claims to installation and generation records.
This is the same field-to-credit flow every methodology follows — see it explained in general terms on our impact page.
Why renewable energy credits get delayed or discounted
Almost every delay traces back to one of these four evidence gaps.
Installation commissioning photos and dates scattered across installer WhatsApp chats
Generation-meter readings collected inconsistently across a distributed fleet of sites
Grid-displacement assumptions unverifiable without a site-level evidence trail
Multi-installer rollouts have no single register of what was installed where
Renewable Energy carbon credits — FAQs
Does TrueCarbon support AMS-I.A small-scale renewable energy reporting?
The configurable field schema captures installation commissioning and generation-meter data mapped to AMS-I.A's monitoring requirements for distributed renewable energy sites.
Can TrueCarbon handle a rollout across multiple installers?
Yes. Installers, equipment types and site categories are all configurable, so a multi-installer rollout stays in one register instead of fragmenting.
Guides for other methodologies
Ready to start earning Renewable Energy credits?
Talk to us about your programme's stage — whether you're mid-registration or just scoping the methodology.